DEMOCRATS: Waiting Game

As the Democratic presidential hopefuls
stepped up their courtship of the U.S. voters last week, their most
serious rival was the man who wasn't there. Muttered Candidate Hubert
Humphrey: "It's frustrating as hell to keep hearing, 'We're with you,
Hubert, as long as Adlai isn't in.' Always provisional, always
conditional." Said California's Pat Brown to a friend: "It's the most
remarkable thing I've ever seen in politics. A man is beaten twice,
says repeatedly he doesn't want to run, and he still has enough hold on
the people to make them wait."